Assistant Technical Officer - East Kilbride, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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East Kilbride, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy, based in University Hospital Hairmyres.

The postholder will assist with the provision of the pharmacy service by participating in:

The accurate and safe assembly of medicines to be dispensed
The accurate and safe receipt, storage, distribution and delivery of medicines
The production, monitoring and filing of documentation
A ward stock management service

NHS Lanarkshire:

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring:

Scottish Vocational Qualification Pharmacy Services Level II or working towards or equivalent experience
Initial induction period of up to 3 months, followed by a period of training and consolidation to achieve full competency within 12 months following induction.
Be capable of understanding and working within Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Commitment to CPD / Self motivation / Ability to work unsupervised
Able to plan, prioritise and organise workload and to work under pressure
Able to take direction, work under their own initiative and as part of a team
Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrate customer awareness/focus.
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
Willingness to contribute to the general working of the pharmacy department

Contract type:

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern:

This role will be based in Pharmacy within University Hospital Hairmyres.

The working pattern for this role Monday to Friday 8.50am to 5pm.

Looking to find out more?:

If you're looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Why NHS Lanarkshire?:

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Worklife Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling.

This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information:

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description.

If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society.

A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

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NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

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